TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk factors for sternal complications after cardiac operations
T2 - A systematic review
AU - Balachandran, Sulakshana
AU - Lee, Annemarie
AU - Denehy, Linda
AU - Lin, Kuan-Yin
AU - Royse, Alistair
AU - Royse, Colin
AU - El-Ansary, Doa
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Early detection of patients at risk of sternal complications is essential to facilitate prevention and optimize timely intervention. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to identify risk factors associated with sternal complications. The review included 17 full-text studies, of which 10 were entered into meta-analyses. Female gender, diabetes mellitus, obesity, bilateral internal mammary artery grafts, reoperation for postoperative complications, and blood product requirement were reported as significant predictors of sternal infection. The compilation of these risk factors may help to screen and stratify patients at risk of impaired sternal healing and warrants further investigation.
AB - Early detection of patients at risk of sternal complications is essential to facilitate prevention and optimize timely intervention. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to identify risk factors associated with sternal complications. The review included 17 full-text studies, of which 10 were entered into meta-analyses. Female gender, diabetes mellitus, obesity, bilateral internal mammary artery grafts, reoperation for postoperative complications, and blood product requirement were reported as significant predictors of sternal infection. The compilation of these risk factors may help to screen and stratify patients at risk of impaired sternal healing and warrants further investigation.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84995899128
U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.047
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.047
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:84995899128
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 102
SP - 2109
EP - 2117
JO - The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 6
ER -
